The Skin of Our Teeth: Play in Three Acts.

WILDER, Thornton [Vivien Leigh].

$850.00

Item Number: 145370

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1942.

Early edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Octavo, original cloth and labels. Signed by actress Vivien Leigh on the front free endpaper. One of the most iconic actresses of the 20th century, known particularly for her portrayal of Scarlett O’Hara in the 1939 epic film ‘Gone with the Wind,’ Leigh was lauded for her talent in acting, winning multiple awards for Best Actress across her years in film. Leigh was already well-established by the time she accepted the role of Lily Sabina in Thornton Wilder’s play, ‘The Skin of Our Teeth,’ which she performed in between work on ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ and ‘Anna Karenina.’ Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Bookplate to the front pastedown with light toning to the front and rear free endpaper, front and rear pastedown.

'The Skin of Our Teeth' was first performed at the Shubert Theater in October of 1942 starring Frederic March and Tallulah Bankhead. Vivien Leigh starred in four of the play's later productions as narrator Lily Sabina, the 'star-blonde' and 'over-rouged' parlor maid whose name alludes to first woman and anti-heroine Lilith and the violated Sabine women of Roman history.